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COMMISSIONERS 

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TOUR OF UNITED STATES 

BY 

Honorary Commercial Commissioners 
OF China 

under auspices of 

Associated Chambers of Commerce 
OF THE Pacific Coast 



San Francisco CKamber of Commerce 

Oakland Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club, Inc. r. 

Los Angeles CKamber of Commerce | 

Chamber of Commerce of San Diego County [. 

Spokane Chamber of Commerce t ' 

Seattle Chamber of Commerce |^ 

Portland Chamber of Commerce "? 



MAY 3RD— JUNE 30TH. 1915. 






INVITATION 



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THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE 
OF THE PACIFIC COAST 

At a meeting held today, decided unanimously to ex- 
tend a cordial invitation to your Honorable Body to send a 
delegation of fifty to the United States, to arrive in San j 

Francisco on or about March 29th, 1912. pj 

It affords us great pleasure to notify you of this action and J 
to say that it will gratify the business men of this country to be ]^ 
able to extend our hospitality, always remembering the kindness 
and courtesy conferred by you upon our delegation that visited 
China in 1 9 1 0. j 

We are aware that much good will come from the proposed .jj 

visit of your representative delegation, for China and the United ^ 

States have ties of friendship and great interests which both coun- "^ 

tries desire to promote. Our delegation gained much information ■;) 
in China and the knowledge then acquired cannot but prove bene- 
ficial to your country. 

We assure you that your delegation will see much of the 
United States, and it will be our purpose to arrange the itinerary 
in all its details so that each and all of our industries shall open 
their doors freely and gladly. Our men of affairs and business 
will, to the fullest extent of their ability, strive to make the time f| 
you spend in this country both pleasant and profitable. '( 

of tJf|C ^actfit Const 
C W. BURKS, Secretary. H. M. HALLER. President. 



San Francisco, Oct. 3rdi 1911 



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ACCEPTANCE 



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of (America. 

THE UNITED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF CHINA 

At a meeting held on the 24th February, 1912, unani- 
mously decided to thank the Associated Chambers of Com- 
merce of the Pacific Coast for the courteous and generous 
invitation extended to them to send a delegation of fifty 
members to visit the cities represented by ths Associated 
Chambers. The United Chambers after the most careful 
consideration unanimously decided to accept the invitation 
but regretted that on account of the present situation in 
China it would be impossible to pay their visit to the United 
States on the date suggested by the Associated Chambers, 
and therefore respectfully ask that the question of the date 
may be held over for the present. 

It affords us the greatest pleasure to convey to you the ac- 
ceptance by the United Chambers of your very highly appreciated 
invitation, and it is with sincere regret that we ask you to let the 
matter of date stand over for the present. 

Arising out of the political changes of the past few months 
there are grave financial and commercial questions of a national 
character to be considered and many of those who would other- 
wise participate in the visit which you have so kindly proposed 
will be engaged for some little time in the settlement of these is- 
sues. Without the presence of these gentlmen the delegation 
would not be thoroughly representative in character, and would 
be unworthy of your invitation and of the distinguished delegation 
which the Associated Chambers sent to visit our country in Sep- 
tember. 1910. 

We assure you of our very high appreciation of the fraternal 
invitation of your Associated Chambers, and look forward with 
the very highest anticipations to a visit to your country, under 
your kindlj'^ auspices, at a not remote date. 

^tjc P^ntteh (H^nmbtts of (Commerce of d|twa. 

President. Vice-President. 

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PERSONNEL 



Cheng-Hsun Chang 

President of the Commission 

Merchant having branches in Straits Settlement, Sumatra and 
Java. Member of National Council, Peking. Proprietor of large 
winery at Chefoo. 

Chi-Cheh Nieh 
Vice-President of the Commission 

Representative, Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Shang- 
hai. Proprietor, Heng Foong Cotton Manufacturing Co., Shang- 
hai. Director, Cotton Mill-Owners' Association, Shanghai. 

David Z. T. Yui 

Honorary Secretary of the Commission 

Executive Secretary, Lecture Department of the National Com- 
mittee of the Y. M. C. A. of China. 

Lim-Pak-Chan 

Silk Merchant and Proprietor Cheong Chan Exporting Raw 
Silk Company. President, Marine and Fire Insurance Company 
of China, Limited, Canton. 

Sheng Chen 

Manufacturer of Lacquer and Cloisonne, Peking. Proprietor, 
Te Yuan Heng Lacquer Ware Company and Te Chang Cloisonne 
Ware Factory, Peking. 

Li-Chi Chu 

Secretary, Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and Shang- 
hai Nanking Railway, Shanghai. 

Yen-Pei Huang 

Vice-President, the Educational Association of Kiangau Prov- 
ince, Shanghai. Ex-Commissioner of Education. 

Sing-Ming Kung 

Director, Fou Feng Flour Mill, and Hui Chang Machine Manu- 
facturing Company, Shanghai. 

Huan-Yi Liang 

President, Sue Kow Shan Government Lead Mine, Hunan; also 
Wah Chang Mining and Smelting Company, Changsha, Huan. 



PERSONNEL (Continued) 

Chao-Hsin Plan 

Cotton Merchant. Commercial Agent in Europe and America 
representing Lung Chu and Lung Sliun Piece Goods Dealers, 
Tientsin. 

Kuan-Lan Sun 

Manager, Tung Hai Agricultural Company. Advisory Officer, 
Nantung Agricultural Society and Educational Association. 

S. C. Thomas Sze 

'e-\ Coal Merchant and Assistant General Manager, Kailan Mining 

r Administration, Tientsin. Former Locomotive Superintendent, 

Tientsin-Pukow and Peking-Mukden Railways. 

f Chai-Chang Woo 

' Senior Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, 

Peking. 

r Hsieh Yu 

|; Tea Merchant and Director, Hulchow Tea Trade Union. 

;,- Former Manager, Yuen Sheng Lung and Yung Fung Chang Tea 

!:■ Companies, Shanghai. 

Ying-Ming Chang 

i Personal Secretary to Mr. Cheng-Hsun Chang, Chairman of 

the Commission. 

K E. T. Williams 

' Chief of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State. U. S. A. 

k E. E. Porter 

> Representative, Department of Commerce, U. S. A. 

I; Warren Manley 

k. Special Representative, The National Chamber of Commerce, 

|! Washington, D. C. 

W J. B. Densmore 

^ Acting Secretary of Labor, U. S. A. 

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%' C. B. Yandell 

g; Executive Secretary, Seattle Chamber of Commerce. 

P In charge of party as 

j Representative of Associated Chambers of Commerce. 




History of Tour 



The Honorary Commercial Commissioners of China arrived 
at San Francisco on the Pacific Mail Hner "Manchuria" at 5:10 
o'clock the afternoon of May 3. A committee of representatives 
of the National, State and City Government boarded the steamer 
at quarantine and were received on the promenade deck by Pres- 
ident Cheng-Hsun Chang of the Commission. J. O. Davis, Col- 
lector of the Port, extended a welcome to the Commissioners on 
behalf of President Wilson; President W. N. Moore and Vice- 
Presidents Frederick J. Roster and Robert Newton Lynch of the 
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; Hon. Chester Rowell on 
behalf of Governor Johnson, and Mayor James Rolph on behalf 
of the City of San Francisco. When the liner docked Judge 
Thomas Burke, President of the Associated Chambers of Com- 
merce of the Pacific Coast, under whose auspices the tour was 
made, and C. B. Yandell, executive secretary of the Seattle 
Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the Committee on Ar- 
rangements for the Associated Chambers, boarded the steamer 
and took charge of the visitors, who were presented to a recep- 
tion committee consisting of Edward T. Williams, head of the 
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; E. C. Porter, 
representative of the Department of Commerce; Commissioner- 
General Anthony Caminetti, Department of Labor; Commis- 
sioner Samuel W. Backus, Bureau of Immigration. 

Escorted by the committee the Commissioners were placed 
in waiting automobiles and taken to Hotel St. Francis, their head- 
quarters while in San Francisco. On the morning of May 4th, 
the Commissioners were presented with official badges by the 
Associated Chambers of Commerce and given in charge of the 
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, whose guests they were 
while in the city. The morning was spent in an automobile drive 
along the water front, inspection of the principal docks and ware- 
houses, and in an official visit to the Exposition, where the Corn- 
missioners were guests of the Exposition officials at a luncheon in 
the Administration building. Following a short tour of the 
grounds, the visitors attended a reception in their honor given by 
S. C, Shu, Consul-General of the Republic of China, at the Palace 
Hotel. In the evening, as guests of the Chamber of Commerce, 

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they attended a box party at the Orpheum, many of the Commis- 

:,%*i sioners seeing for the first time an American theatrical per- 

P rormance. 

^ Until noon the morning of May 5 th, the Commissioners were 

guests of Collector of the Port Davis. They were taken for a 
boat trip on the bay, visited the Union Iron Works, Hunter s 

;^ Point, and witnessed an exhibition drill by the municipal fire 
boats. Luncheon was tendered the visitors at Winehaven, where 
they were the guests of the California Wine Association. In the 
afternoon the Commissioners inspected the Richmond industries 
as the guests of the Richmond Industrial Commission, and later 
crossed the bay, attending a reception as guests of the California 
Development Board, and in the evening a dinner by the Chinese 
Chamber of Commerce. 

On the morning of May 6th, the Commissioners were the 
guests of the local Chinese at the Exposition and of the Honorable 
Chen Chi, Commissioner-General of the Exposition, in the Chi- 
nese Exhibit, at a luncheon in the Food Products Building. 

The Chinese Six Companies were hosts to the Commissioners 
in the afternoon at a reception, and in the evening a grand ball 
and reception w^as given in their honor by the Honorable Chen 
Chi and members of the Chinese Commission to the Exposition. 
On the morning of May 7th, the Commissioners met the business 
men of San Francisco at a reception on the floor of the Mer- 
chants* Exchange Building, and at a luncheon at the Commercial 
Club. In the evening the visitors attended a formal banquet in 
their honor at the Fairmont Hotel as guests of the San Francisco 
Chamber of Commerce. The party left the mcrning of May 8th 
for an automobile tour down the peninsula, vi^^^iting the plants of 
the Western Meat Company and the Pacific Coast Steel Company. 
At noon the Commissioners dined as guests of the Chamber of 
Commerce at the Burlingame Country Club, and in the afternoon 
visited the hom.e of United States Senator James D. Phelan at 
Saratoga. The last day of the visit to this city, May 9th, was 
spent by the Commissioners at 

OAKLAND 

As guests of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce and Commercial 
Club Consolidated. Upon arrival in this city, the distinguished 
visitors were met by a reception committee and given an auto- 
mobile tour of Oakland and Piedmont. The Commissioners in- 
spected the new Municipal Auditorium and dined as guests of 
the Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Oakland. The afternoon 
was spent in an automobile tour of Berkeley and in a visit to the 
Greek Theater and the University of California, to v^hich they 
v^ere ofFici?,lly welcomed by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler and 
other members of the faculty. Returning to 

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SAN FRANCISCO 
At 6:00 o'clock, the Commissioners went to their hotel and at 
6:45 P. M. to the "Chinese Special," the luxurious Southern 
Pacific train used throughout the tour. Judge Thomas Burke. 
President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, bade the 
Commissioners farewell and a safe journey, and. cheered by the 
large delegation of San Francisco business men. the special train 
in charge of C. B. Yandeil. executive secretary of the beattle 
Chamber of Commerce, moved to 

LOS ANGELES 
On arriving here at 9:00 o'clock the morning of May I 0th. 
the special train was met by a committee headed by Secretary 
Frank Wiggins of the Chamber of Commerce. The Commission- 
ers were escorted by automobile to the Pacific Electric Station, 
where special cars carried them to the Los Angeles harbor. 
Here the docks, breakwater and other improvements were in- 
spected. From the harbor the Commissioners went direct to 
Pasadena, where they were the guests of the Pasadena Board ot 
Trade at a luncheon at Hotel Maryland. Returning to the city, 
the party, in automobiles, toured the park and residential districts 
and in the evening were the guests of the Chamber of Commerce 
at a formal banquet at Hotel Alexandria, their headquarters while 
in the city. Early the following morning. May 1 1 th, the Com- 
missioners boarded automobiles at the hotel and were taken to 
Riverside, where they were tendered luncheon at the Clenwood 
Inn as guests of the Riverside Chamber of Commerce. At this 
point the party was met by President Carl H. Heilbron of the 
San Diego Chamber of Commerce, and George Burnhani, a mem- 
ber of the Pacific Coast Commercial Commission visiting China 
in 1911, who accompanied the party to 

SAN DIEGO 
Before reaching the station, President Heilbron presented 
each member of the party with a beautifully engraved gold badge 
bearing the name of the wearer. At the station a large delega- 
tion representing the Chamber of Commerce met the special and 
escorted the Commissioners to the Exposition grounds, where a 
bird's-eye view of the Fair was obtained. Dinner was served at 
Cafe Cristobal in the Exposition grounds, and the evening spent 
in visiting the San Joaquin Building, Seven Counties Buildmg 
and the Isthmus, where the Commissioners visited the principal 
attractions. The party returned at a late hour to the U S Grant 
Hotel Visits to the Municipal Pier, North Island, United States 
Aviation Camp, where exhibition flights were made for the en- 
tertainment of the distinguished visitors, and to the San Diego 
Union High School and Stadium occupied the miormng of May 
I 2th Luncheon was enjoyed at the Hotel Del Coronado. after 

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which the party made an automobile trip around Point Loma. 
Returning to San Diego, the Commissioners completed their in- 
spection of the Exposition and in the evening were the guests of 
honor at a formal banquet at the U. S. Grant Hotel. The party 
entrained at 10:00 o'clock P. M. for New Orleans. En route to 
this city the Commissioners experienced a pleasant surprise at 

YUMA 

Reached by the special train at 9:00 A. M. the morning of May 
1 3th. The Yuma Band and a large delegation cheered the ar- 
rival of the special train, and the Commissioners were presented 
to the members of a special reception committee, which boarded 
the observation car as representatives of the Yuma Commercial 
Club. Honorary Secretary David Z. T. Yui of the Commission 
responded to the hearty welcome, and the special departed amid 
cheers, while the band played "America." Arriving at 

TUCSON 

At 4:00 o'clock the afternoon of the same day, a second unex- 
pected surprise awaited the Commissioners in a hearty reception 
by a special committee headed by President L. H. Manning of 
the Tucson Chamber of Commerce. The committee boarded the 
train and were presented by Mr. Yandell to the Commissioners. 
Packages of postcard scenes in and around Tucson, and literature 
descriptive of the resources of the city, were presented each Com- 
missioner as the special started on the last leg of its journey to 

NEW ORLEANS 

Which was reached at 10:00 o'clock the morning of May 15th. 
Headed by Acting Mayor A. G. Ricks, a reception committee 
representing the Association of Commerce, Board of Trade and 
Cotton Exchange, boarded the special and welcomed the Com- 
missioners to the city. Waiting automobiles took the party to the 
St. Charles Hotel and later to the Cafe de la Louisiana, where 
the Commissioners enjoyed their first Southern luncheon. Gov- 
ernor L. E. Hall here officially welcomed the Commissioners to 
Louisiana and to the South, presiding as toastmaster at the 
luncheon. Acting Mayor Ricks extended the official welcome of 
the city, to which responses were made by President Chang and 
Honorary Secretary David Z. T. Yui. Following luncheon the 
party, as guests of the New Orleans Board of Port Commissioners, 
was escorted aboard the launch "Sampson" and given a trip 
around the harbor. Returning, a tour of the city was made by 
automobile, and in the evening the Commissioners were the 
guests of the City of New Orleans at a dinner at the Southern 
Yacht Club. The day's program ended in an exhibition by the 
fire department. Sunday, May 1 6th, the Commissioners were 
the guests of the Chinese Society at a luncheon, and spent the re- 

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mainder of the day in recuperation, leaving at 1 0:00 o'clock P. M. 
for 

MEMPHIS 
This city was reached by the special train at 9:00 o'clock A. 
M-. May 1 7th. Welcomed by a committee representing the 
Memphis Business Men's Club, the party immediately boarded a 
special train for an inspection of the industrial district. Visits were 
paid to the Memphis Terminal Corporation, Phoenix Cotton Oil 
Company, Chickasaw Cooperage Company, James E. Stark's 
Lumber Company, and to the plant of Russe & Burgess. Luncheon 
was served at the Memphis Country Club, after which the visitors 
were given a tour of the city by automobile. At 1 1 :00 o'clock 
the same evening the special moved to 

ST. LOUIS 
Where the Commissioners were received by a committee headed 
by Mayor Kiel and representing the Business Men's League of 
St. Louis, whose guests the Commissioners were while in this 
city. In automobiles decorated with the flags of China and the 
United States, the visitors were escorted to the Planters' Hotel, 
where breakfast was served. After a brief rest the party agam 
took automobiles for a visit to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, where 
luncheon was served. The afternoon was devoted to the mspec- 
tion of various industrial plants and in an automobile tour of this 
city. The day's program ended in a dinner at the Sunset Hill 
Country Club, where the Commissioners were the guests of honor 
of the Business Men's League. May 19th, the second day of the 
visit to this city, the Commissioners met the business men at a 
luncheon at the Planters' Hotel and spent the afternoon in visits 
to industrial plants, according to the individual business interests 
of the members. In the evening a farewell banquet was tendered 
the visitors by President Hidden of the Business Men's League at 
the St. Louis Club, after which the party was escorted to their 
special train, departing at 1 1 :50 P. M. for 

CHICAGO 
Arriving at 8:00 o'clock the morning of May 20th. As the train 
drew into the Union Station, a large delegation representmg the 
Chicago Association of Commerce, Chicago Clearing House Asso- 
ciation, Illinois Bankers' Association, Chicago Board or Trade, 
Illinois Manufacturers' Association, and the Press Club, boarded 
the train and, after extending a hearty welcome, presented each 
Commissioner with an official badge bearing his name. Automo- 
biles took the Commissioners to the Sherman House, where break- 
fast was served. The morning was spent in recuperation and, 
following luncheon, the party was escorted to the plant of the 
Western Electric Company, and to the Sawyer Biscuit Company. 
In the evening the visitors were banqueted by the Chinese Club. 

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The following morning the Commissioners inspected the Chicago 
Stockyards and lunched at the Saddle and Sirloin Club. In the 
afternoon an automobile tour of the West and North Side parks 
was enjoyed, and the Commissioners made a formal call upon 
Hon. William J. Calhoun, former American Minister to China, 
in the evening the Commissioners were tendered a formal ban- 
quet at the Blackstone Hotel. May22d was spent at Kenosha, 
Wisconsin, where the Commissioners inspected the plant of the 
Jeffery Automobile Company. Luncheon was served in the 
porch dining room of the Pennoyer Sanatorium, after which a tour 
of the city w^as made by automobile, the party returning for dinner 
to Chicago by special train. May 23d the party had as its host 
the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago. They attended 
public worship, lunched at the University Club, inspected the 
Association building, and were taken for an automobile ride about 
the city, visiting the South Side parks and the Field Museum. Re- 
turning to the hotel, the Commissioners had dinner and were 
escorted to their special train, leaving at 8:05 P. M. for 

PITTSBURG 
Where the Commissioners were the guests of the Chamber of 
Commerce and the Foreign Trade Commission. This city was 
reached at 9:10 A. M. the morning of May 24th, the Commis- 
sioners being received by a special committee and escorted to 
the Fort Pitt Hotel. The morning v/as spent in inspections of the 
steel works at Homestead and the plant of the Westinghouse 
Electric and Manufacturing Company in East Pittsburg. Luncheon 
was served at the latter plant, after w^hich the party returned to 
the hotel. Shortly after 9:00 o'clock the morning of the second 
day's visit. May 25th, the party boarded a special train for Jean- 
nette, Pa., where the plant of the American Window Glass Com- 
pany was inspected. The special train provided by the commit- 
tee then moved to East Liberty, luncheon being served en route. 
Here an automobile tour of the parks and residental section was 
made, the party returning to the hotel for a formal banquet in 
the evening. From this city the special train moved to 

WASHINGTON 

Arriving at the Capitol, the visitors were received by a recep- 
tion committee representing the State Department, Chamber of 
Commerce of the United States and the Washington Board of 
Trade, and escorted to the New Willavd Hotel. Breakfast was i 

served upon arrival, and the Commissioners later escorted to the ;v| 

Capitol building, where formal calls were made upon the Secre- ' 

tary of State, Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Labor, 
who in turn left cards on the Commissioners at the hotel. At 
12:30 o'clock the visitors were escorted to the East Room by 
Chai Fu Chah, Chinese Minister to Washington, and formally 

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presented to President Woodrow Wilson, who welcomed the 
Commissioners officially in the following words: 

"It is not a mere form that I go through in expressing to you 
our very cordial welcome to the United States. I think that 1 
can say, with the acquiescence of all my fellow countrymen, that 
our interest in China is not merely a commercial interest, and is 
not merely a professional interest. The people of the United 
States are deeply and sympathetically interested in China and in 
the unlimited future that lies before your great Republic. We 
have, of course, rejoiced to see you adopt a form of government 
which seems to us the best vehicle of progress, the Republican 
form of government; and it has been a great satisfaction to us to 
feel that your great nation, with its unlimited capacity and possi- 
bilities, is to be linked to ours in w^hat w^e hope will be a common 
conception of liberty and the progress of mankind. I hope, sin- 
cerely, that everything has been done for your comfort and con- 
venience, and if anything has been overlooked or omitted, that 
you will give us the advantage of any suggestion, so that we 
may put ourselves at your service. My welcome is hearty, and 
I am sure that every true American would wish to co-operate with 
me in this welcome." 

Honorary Secretary Yui of the Commission responded to the 
generous welcome of the nation's Chief Executive on behalf of 
President Chang and the Commissioners. At luncheon the vis- 
itors w^ere the guests of Secretary of Commerce Redfield at the 
New Willard Hotel, and in the afternoon they were entertained by 
Secretary of State Bryan and Mrs. Bryan at a garden party at 
their private residence. Visits to the Capitol, Library and Navy 
Yard occupied the morning of May 27th. The Commissioners 
were tendered a luncheon by the Board of Trade at the Commer- 
cial Club, and later in the afternoon inspected the Bureau of 
Printing and Engraving. Dinner was tendered the visitors by 
the Chinese Association, after which the Commissioners were the 
guests of the Chinese Minister and Madame Shah. The follow- 
ing day, May 28th, the Commissioners were the guests of Presi- 
dent Wilson aboard his private yacht, the "Max-'f lower," a cour- 
tesy extended but once before by the President to a visiting dele- 
gation. Leaving the dock at 9:00 o'clock, the "Mayflower" pro- 
ceeded to Mount Vernon. As it came to anchor, the stately yacht 
and its distinguished occupants were saluted by the shore guns. 
Accompanied by the Chinese Minister and practically the entire 
staff of the Chinese Legation, as well as a special committee from 
the commercial organizations, the party went ashore for a visit to 
the home of George Washington. Upon reaching the tomb of 
the founder of the world's greatest Republic, the Commissioners 
reverently bowed their heads while Honorary Secretary Yui 
placed upon the tomb a large floral wreath — the tribute of the 

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new Republic of China to the founder of its sister Republic. The 
visitors were then escorted through the stately mansion and, by 
special permission, were permitted to enter the room where 
Washington died. Luncheon was served upon the return trip, 
and upon arrival the visitors were escorted to the Chamber of 
Commerce of the United States, where the headquarters of the 
national organization were inspected. In the evening a farewell 
banquet was tendered the Commissioners by the Southern Com- 
mercial Congress at the University Club. The visitors left Wash- 
ington at 11 :59 P. M. for 

BALTIMORE 
Where they were welcomed by a representative committee of 
business men headed by Mayor Preston, and escorted to the 
Hotel Emerson for breakfast. Following breakfast, an informal 
reception was held at the hotel, at which Mayor Preston offi- 
cially welcomed the visitors to the city. The morning was spent 
in an automobile tour of the city and suburbs, and luncheon was 
enjoyed as guests of the Merchants* Club at the club headquarters. 
At the conclusion of luncheon automobiles took the Commission- 
ers to Pier 5, where they boarded the steamer "Dreamland" as 
guests of the Baltimore Chapter, American Institute of Banking, 
on their annual excursion to Annapolis. At the quaint old town 
several hours were spent visiting the battleships lying out from 
the town and the Naval Academy. Mayor Henry and a party of 
officials of Baltimore boarded the steamer at Fort McHenry. 
Dinner was served aboard the steamer on the return trip. Ar- 
riving in Baltimore, the visitors were escorted to their hotel, and 
later to the station from which the special train moved at 
1 1 :59 P. M. to 

PHILADELPHIA 
Arriving on schedule, the special train was met by a com- 
mittee representing the Manufacturers' Club, and the party was 
escorted in automobiles to Hotel Bellevue-Stratford, where rooms 
and breakfast awaited them. At 10:00 o'clock the party was 
escorted to the quarters of the club, where they were officially 
welcomed by Mayor Blankenburg at an informal reception. In 
the afternoon an automobile ride through Fairmont Park to the 
University of Pennsylvania, where the guests were welcomed by 
Provost Smith and a committee of Chinese students. A buffet 
luncheon was served the Commissioners and their American es- 
corts in the Auditorium. The morning of May 3 1 was spent in 
the inspection of the Commercial Museum, where the party was 
tendered luncheon and officially welcomed by Dr. William P. 
Wilson, director of the institution. The Navy Yard was visited 
in the afternoon and in the evening the party was tendered a 
formal banquet at the Manufacturers* Club, leaving at mid- 
night for 

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NEW YORK 

In this city the Commissioners and their American escorts 
were the official guests of the City of New York. Arriving at 
8:00 o'clock the morning of June 1st, the party was welcomed 
to the city by a special committee appointed by Mayor John P. 
Mitchell and headed by William C. Breed. In automobiles and 
with a police escort, the party was escorted to Hotel Belmont, 
where a reception was held. At 1 1 :00 o'clock the Commission- 
ers visited the City Hall, posed for their pictures on the steps, 
and were officially welcomed to the city by Acting Mayor George 
McAneny. A trip to the tower of the Woolworth Building, from 
which a bird's-eye view of the city and harbor was obtained, and 
luncheon at Hotel Biltmore as guests of the American Manufac- 
turers' Export Association, ended the program for the day. The 
afternoon was left open in order that the Commissioners could 
confer with business men and visit the industrial plants they de- 
sired to see. Throughout the visit the same program was car- 
ried out, a part of each day being left open for business engage- 
ments and inspection of industrial plants. 

June 2d the Commissioners and their American escorts were 
the guests of the Merchants' Association of New York at Hotel 
Astor. Attending this banquet were 1070 representative busi- 
ness men of New York, including many leaders of finance and 
industry. Fully three hundred more sat in balconies, that they 
might hear the addresses made by the Chinese visitors. In the 
afternoon a tour of the city was made by automobile, and a visit 
paid to the tomb of Grant. Here, while the Commissioners 
bowed their heads in reverence, a floral tribute was placed on the 
casket. June 3d, outside of business conferences and visits to 
industrial plants, the program included a reception and luncheon 
at the Chamber of Commerce Building and a banquet at Delmon- 
ico's in the evening, tendered by the American Asiatic Associa- 
tion. The morning of June 4th was spent in a water trip around 
New York harbor, including luncheon on the steamer and inspec- 
tion of the Bush Terminal Plant. The party, on this trip, was 
escorted by a police motor boat patrol. Before returning to the 
city the visitors w^itnessed an exhibition by the municipal fire 
boats. The evening of this day was devoted to pleasure, the 
party attending the performance of "Chin-Chin," and visiting the 
New York Roof Garden. 

As guests of the American Telephone and Telegraph Com- 
pany, the morning of June 5 th, the Commissioners were afforded 
the privilege of talking by telephone to San Francisco. The vis- 
itors talked with officials of the company and also with Consul- 
General Shu at the Exposition grounds. Electrically brewed tea 
and food was served by the company. At noon the visitors were 
tendered a luncheon at the University Club by the Foreign Mis- 

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sions Conference of North America, and in the afternoon the 
Commissioners witnessed their first game of baseball, attending 
the game between the Tigers and Yankees at the Polo Grounds 
as guests of the New York American League Baseball Associa- 
tion. June 6th was devoted to recuperation, although many of 
the Commissioners made use of the taxicabs which were at the 
disposal of the visitors day and night during their visit to com- 
mercial houses and other points of interest. In the evening, the 
Commissioners were tendered a dinner by Huan Ting Liang, New 
York agent of the Wah Chang Mining and Smelting Company, 
at the Jung Sy restaurant. Monday, June 7th, the Commissioners 
returned for a day's visit to 

PHILADELPHIA 
New York having generously conceded one of the days allotted to 
it in the itinerary, that Philadelphia might have an opportunity 
of show^ing the Commissioners its mianufacturing plants, the two 
days spent there by the Commission being a Sunday and a holi- 
day. The observation car of the special train w^as attached to 
the regular train on this trip. Arriving at Philadelphia, the visit- 
ors w^ere placed in automobiles and given an opportunity of in- 
specting the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the silk mills and the 
textile district. The store of John Wanamaker was inspected in 
the afternoon, the Commissioners being received by Mr. Wana- 
maker in person and being presented with souvenir spoons. 
Dinner w^as served at Hotel Bellevue-Stratford, the party leav- 
ing at 6:00 o'clock for 

NEW YORK 
Tuesday, June 8th, the last day of the Commissioners' visit 
to New^ York, was spent as guests of Thomas A. Edison at 
Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey. The visitors were 
received at the plant by Mr. Edison in person, and w^elcomed by 
him in a brief address, to which Mr. Yui, honorary secretary of 
the Commission, responded. In order to preserve a permanent 
record of the visit of the Commission, Mr. Edison had Mr. Yui 
repeat his response to a recording instrument. Officials of the 
company escorted the Commissioners through the factory, and 
the party lunched with Mr. Edison in the dining room of the 
plant. Talking pictures were also enjoyed by the Commission- 
ers, who returned to New York for dinner. At 1 1 :00 o'clock 
P. M. the Commissioners were escorted to their train. As the 
special left the station, three loud cheers for New York w^ere given 
by the party grouped on the rear of the observation car. The 
next stop made by the special train was at 

PROVIDENCE 
Where a committee headed by William A. Viall and represent- 
ing the Providence Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the party. 

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In gaily decorated automobiles the Commissioners and their es- 
corts were taken to the restaurant of Chin Lee, where a fifteen- 
course Chinese breakfast was served. Following this, the party > 
went to the Turk's Head Building, from which a bird's-eye view ' 
of the city was obtained. The Turk's Head clubrooms were in- ' 
spected and the party escorted to the headquarters of the Cham- | 
ber of Commerce. Here the Commissioners were divided into ( 
groups and taken to the factories in which they were interested. • 
At noon luncheon was served at the Narraganssett Hotel, where | 
the Commissioners met the Providence business men. In the i 
afternoon, visits were paid to the Gorham Silver Company, the '; 
Universal Winding Company, and the Brown University. Din- ' 
ner was tendered the visitors at the Squantum Club, reached by 
special yacht. The return trip was made by special train. From [ 
this city the special train traveled to 

BOSTON I 

Which was reached shortly before 1 1 :00 o'clock the same even- | 

ing, several hours ahead of schedule. A committee headed by ■ 

Edward J. Feline, representing the Boston Chamber of Com- ; 

merce, greeted the party and escorted the Commissioners to the ! 

Copley-Plaza Flotel, their headquarters while in the city. Leav- j 

ing the hotel at 9:30 A. M. the next morning, June 1 0th, the Com- • 

missioners were taken to the Waltham Watch Factory, and at ■ 

noon w^ere officially w^elcomed in the Executive Chamber of the I 

State House by Governor David I. Walsh. Luncheon was ten- ; 

dered the party by the Boston City Club, after which the Com- | 

missioners were received at the City Hall by Mayor James N. I 

Curley. As guests of the Chamber of Commerce the party took { 

dinner at the Harv'^ard Club and at 9:00 o'clock attended a re- j 

ception at the Harvard Union by the Chinese students of Harvard j 

University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, | 

June 1 1 th, the second day of the visit to this city, the Com- j 
missioners went to Lawrence bv automobile, visiting the Wood 
Worsted Mill, the Pacific Print Works, and lunching as guests of 
William N. Wood at "Arden." The return trip to Boston was 
made by special train from Andover. In the evening the party 
attended a reception in its honor in the State Suite of the Copley- 
Plaza, and later a formal banquet in the suite. Lynn and Bev- 
erly were visited by the party Saturday, June 1 2th. At Beberly, 
the plant of the United Shoe Machinery Company was inspected 
and luncheon rerved the Commissioners by the company. From 
the luncheon the Commissioners went for a tour along the North 
Shore and had dinner at the Corinthian Yacht Club at Marble- 
head, returning to Bo.«ton in time to attend the famous "Pop" 
concert at Symphonv Hall. Sunday was a day of rest for the 
Commissioners, but in the evening they attended a dinner given 

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in their honor by the United Chinese Association of Boston at the *'! 
Hankow Chinese restaurant, where Governor Walsh was present 
to bid the distinguished visitors farewell. At Boston E. T. Will- 
iams of the State Department left the party and returned to "i^ 
Washington. Mr. Williams was escorted to the train by Presi- ^ 
dent Chang and almost every member of the Commission. The 
special train, leaving Boston at 1 1 :00 P. M., then moved to 

SPRINGFIELD 

This city was reached at 4:00 o'clock A. M. the morning of 
June 1 4th. The Commissioners remained aboard their special 
train until 9:30 o'clock, when a special committee representing the 
Springfield Board of Trade, headed by Mayor Frank E. Stacy, 
came aboard and greeted the Chinese Commissioners and their 
American escorts in the observation car. Automobiles took the 
party to Hotel Kimball, where breakfast was served. Following 
breakfast, the Municipal Group was visited. The party posed for 
the moving picture men and local photographers on the steps, 
and then entered the buildings. The auditorium was first in- 
spected, and then the municipal offices. The Commissioners 
were then taken to the top of the Tower, from which a bird's-eye 
view of the city was obtained. Automobiles carried the party 
to the United States Armory, where Colonel W. S. Pierce and 
his staff conducted the party through the Government shops, by 
special permission from Washington. Luncheon was enjoyed as 
the guests of the Board of Trade at the Nayasset Club and visits 
later paid to the Technical High School, Hendee Motorcycle 
Plant, Strathmore Paper Company's Mills, and the Y. M. C. A. 
College, where several of the party went swimming in the big 
tank. At 11 :30 o'clock the visitors were escorted to their special 
train, departing for 

SCHENECTADY 

Where the Commissioners were the guests of the General Electric 
Company. The special train was parked in the yards of the 
company's plant, the visitors disembarking at 9:30 o'clock the 
morning of June 1 5th. Welcomed by a reception committee of 
officials, the Commissioners were escorted to an adjoining build- 
ing, where they were officially welcomed by President Rice of 
the company and Mayor Schoolcraft. Until 1 :00 o'clock the 
huge plant of the company was inspected by the party, and 
luncheon served in the company's special dining room, after 
which the party divided into two groups — one continuing the in- 
spection of the works, and the other going to the plant of the 
American Locomotive Company. Dinner was enjoyed at the Mo- 
hawk Country Club, where President Chang and the Commis- 
sioners planted a tree in the club grounds before entering the 

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dining room. Upon returning to the special train, each member 
of the party was presented with a beautifully engraved electri^ 
plate bearing the name of the owner. The special left at 1 1 :59 
P. M. for 

BUFFALO 

Here the party was welcomed by a special committee from 
the Chamber of Commerce and escorted to Hotel Iroquois, where 
breakfast was served. Immediately following the morning meal, 
automobiles carrying the flags of Canada, the United States and 
China, took the Commissioners for a flying trip through the prin- 
cipal residential districts, and then headed for Niagara Falls. 
The entire day was spent at the falls, with luncheon at the Clifton 
Hotel. During the day visits were paid to the plants of the 
Ontario Power Company, Ontario Transmission Company, and 
the Beaver Board Company. A portion of the trip around the 
falls was made on special cars of the Belt Line. In the even- 
ing the Commissioners attended an informal dinner to the Board 
of Trade of Hamilton, Ontario, by the Chamber of Commerce of 
Buffalo. A boat ride around the harbor, and visits to the Rogers- 
Brown plant and the Lackawanna Steel Company, occupied the 
morning of June 1 7th, and at noon the party attended a luncheon 
in their honor given by the Rotary Club at Hotel Statler. Here 
the party was joined by F. P. Lockhart, assistant to Mr. Williams 
of the State Department. The afternoon was spent in visits to 
various industrial plants and places of interest in and around the 
city. Dinner was tendered the party at the Country Club by the 
Chamber of Commerce. The Commissioners entrained for 

DETROIT 

At 1 1 :50 P. M., reaching this city at 7:30 o'clock the morning of 
June 1 8th. The entire day was spent by the party as guests of 
the Ford Motor Car Company. Ford automobiles and a commit- 
tee of officials of the company welcomed the arrival of the special 
train and escorted the party to the Detroit Athletic Club, where 
breakfast was served. Leaving the club, the party went direct to 
the Ford Plant, where the Commissioners were received by Henry 
Ford in person and introduced to various heads of departments. 
The entire morning was spent in the inspection of the factory and 
administration building, luncheon being served in the cafe in the 
latter building. Moving pictures, taken of the arrival of the party 
at the plant, were displayed following luncheon, with pictures of 
the new Ford tractor in operation, views of the plant and feats of 
the Ford car. The power plant was then inspected, and the 
party returned to the Detroit Athletic Club for dinner. From this 
city the special train proceeded to 

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CLEVELAND 
Which was reached at 4:00 A. M. the morning of June 19th. 
The arrival of the special train was welcomed by a special com- 
mittee representing the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and 
headed by Mayor Newton D. Baker. Automobiles conveyed the 
party to the Statler Hotel for breakfast, and the morning was 
spent in visits to the Cleveland steel and wool industrial plants. 
Part of the delegates motored to Warrensville and inspected the 
East-end Technical Schools and the Case University. In the after- 
noon an automobile tour of the city was enjoyed by the party, 
with tea at the Shaker Lakes Country Club. As guests of the 
officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce, the party 
attended a dinner at the Country Club in the evening, after which 
they departed for m 

CHICAGO 
This city was reached at 8:00 A. M. the morning of June 
20th. A stop of thirty minutes was made, during which time Mr. 
Yandell's wife and two children joined the party, which next pro- 
ceeded to '^ 

ST. PAUL [ 

Here the day was spent by the Commissioners as the guests 
jointly of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Upon arrival, a special com- 
mittee representing the St. Paul Association of Commerce greeted 
the party. In the morning the Commissioners were the guests of 
Governor Hammond on a trip through the Capital. From the [f 
Capital the party went to the University, along the boulevard sys- ?; 
tem, and was there transferred to a waiting delegation from Min- (jii 
neapolis. An automobile tour of Minneapolis' park system, and 
lunch at the Minikahda Club, completed the Mill Citv program. 
At 3:00 o'clock the Commissioners inspected the Agricultural 
College, and then split vTp into tv/o sm.all parties, some visiting the 
American Hoist and Derrick Company's plant, the South St. 
Paul stockyards, and others the flour mills. Returning from the 
inspection of industrial plants, the party was tendered a formal 
dinner at the St. Paul Hotel, after which they were escorted to 
the special train, leaving at 1 1 :59 for 

DULUTH 
Where a committee representing the Duluth Commercial Club, 
and headed by George D. McCarthy, welcomed the arrival of the 
special and escorted the Commissioners to waiting automobiles 
for a tour of the city. After visiting various scenic points in and 
around the city, the party went to the Duluth, Missabe & North- 
ern Ore docks, and later to the plant of the Minnesota Steel Com- 
pany/. Returning to the city, the party was taken to the Commer- 
cial Club, where luncheon was served. Following luncheon, the 

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Commissioners bade farewell to E. C. Porter of the Department of 
Commerce, who returned to New York, and departed for 

SPOKANE 
Where a committee of twenty members of the Chamber of Com- 
merce, headed by President James R. Ramage and W. S. Mc- 
Crea, welcomed the party. Automobiles conveyed the party to 
Hotel Davenport, where it was divided into groups. Some of the 
Commissioners were shown the orchards and fruit packing indus- 
try; others of the party viewed the wheat fields of the Palouse 
Belt, while others were shown the beauty spots of the city and 
nearby country. Many of the party had luncheon in the ma- 
chines, while others were taken to the Country Club, after which 
they visited the Waikiki and Glen Tana dairy farms, returning to 
the city by way of Nine-Mile. At this city F. P. Henderson, a 
representative of the Department of Commerce, joined the party, 
as did Judge Burke, president of the Associated Chambers of 
Commerce of the Pacific Coast. In the evening the Commission- 
ers and their American escorts were the guests of the Chamber 
of Commerce at one of the most elaborate banquets tendered 
them on the tour, in the Marie Antionette room of Hotel Daven- 
port. Departure from Spokane was made at 10:00 o'clock P. 
M. for 

SEATTLE 
En route to this city the special train made three stops. The 
first was made at Eagle Gorge, where the camp of the Page 
Lumber Company was visited. Here the Commissioners were 
given their first opportunity to study logging and lumbering, and 
witnessed the cutting down of a huge tree containing 30,000 feet 
of lumber. The second stop was made at the plant of the Pa- 
cific Coast Condensed Milk Company at Kent. Here Governor 
Lister, Mayor Gill and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce recep- 
tion committee welcomed the party and escorted the Commis- 
sioners, with officials of the company, through the plant. The 
third stop was made at Renton, where the plant of the Seattle 
Car and Foundry Company was inspected. The special train 
reached Seattle at 4:00 o'clock P. M. June 25. Waiting automo- 
biles decorated with the flags of the two Republics carried the 
party to Hotel Washington, their headquarters while in the city. 
In the evening the party attended a reception and banquet as 
guests of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Milwaukee. 
Automobiles the following morning carried the party to the saw- 
mills of the Schwager & Nettleton Company, the Coleman creo- 
soting plant, Fisher flouring mill and to the harbor, where the 
steamer Iroquois was boarded for a trip about the harbor. Lunch- 
eon was served at the hotel in a private dining-room, and later 
visits were paid to the plant of the Seattle Construction and Dry 

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Dock Company and to the Smith building, the second highest 
building in the United States, in the evening the Commissioners 
attended a formal banquet at the Hotel Washington. 

Here the Commissioners took occasion to thank the Asso- 
ciated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast for making 
possible their tour and declared that it was to the executive ability 
of C. B. Yandell, executive secretary of the Seattle Chamber of 
Commerce, that the Commissioners owed the credit for their suc- 
cessful study of industrial and commercial conditions of the 
United States. The morning of the second day, June 27, was 
devoted to recuperation and in the afternoon the party was taken 
for an automobile trip through the residential districts, through 
the university campus and along the shore of Lake Washington 
canal. Later they attended a reception at the residence of Judge 
Thomas Burke and visited the home of Mr. Yandell. Dinner 
was had at the hotel and later automobiles took the party to the 
special train leaving for 

PORTLAND 

A Chinese band and a delegation from the Portland Cham- 
ber of Commerce and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce greeted 
the arrival of the special train and escorted the party to Hotel 
Multnomah. The American members of the party had breakfast 
at the hotel, while the Commissioners were the guests of the Chi- 
nese Chamber at the "Chinese restaurant." Breakfast over, the 
party took machines for the Ladd School and witnessed a fire 
drill. Visits were also paid to a leading bank and department 
store. Luncheon was had in conjunction with the Members Coun- 
cil of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. In the afternoon 
automobiles took the guests to Oregon City, where the lumber 
mills and furniture manufacturing plants were inspected. Wil- 
lamette Falls was viewed by the Commissioners and the paper 
mill inspected. The return trip was made by steamer. In the 
evening a formal banquet was tendered the guests at the Chamber 
of Commerce, after which the special began the last leg of its 
1 1,000-mile journey to 

SAN FRANCISCO 

En route the party stopped at Medford, where a reception 
committee from the Medford Chamber of Commerce greeted the 
party anad escorted them to waiting automobiles for a drive to 
Ashland, where the train was waiting A second stop was made 
at Shasta Springs. Here the Commissioners inspected the Springs 
and drank Shasta water. The special train reached San Francisco 
at 8 o'clock the morning of June 30. Automobiles conveyed the 
party to Hotel St. Francis, where the tour officially ended. 

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9Io ti\e ^aaaciaitb <tli\axaiiexs of Commerce of tlje ^adfic Coast. 

Gentlemen: 

Commercial organizations throughout the United States unanimous- 
ly admit that the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific 
Coast has placed the mercantile and manufacturing interests of the 
entire country under a lasting obligation by its arrangement for and 
conduct of the Honorary Commercial Commissioners from the Republic 
of China, who visited twenty-six leading cities in America under this 
body's auspices last year. The tour has already returned many 
tangible results in the shape of trade stimulus, and San Francisco 
particularly has already reaped a very definite benefit in the shape of 
the organization of the China Mail Steamship Company, with one vessel 
already installed in the service and assurances of several others as 
soon as they can be acquired. 

It is practically certain that, as a result of this tour, there will 
also shortly be organized a Chinese-American Bank, which will stimu- 
late and facilitate trade between the two nations. The business men 
of every city in the United States in which the Commission was re- 
ceived evinced a keen interest in the opportunity thus presented, and 
it is no exaggeration to state that no commission of foreign business 
men visiting the United States was ever received with more genuine 
interest and hospitality than were the Honorary Commercial Commis- 
sioners from China. 

It is undoubtedly true that the distinctive manner in which the 
Commissioners were handled by the Pacific Coast cities, comprising 
the Associated Chambers of Commerce, inculcated in the minds and 
hearts of our guests a lasting impression, which should go far towards 
stimulating not only a better understanding between the two nations, 
but lay the foundation tor lasting trade alliances with Pacific Coast 
cities, which more than justify the effort and time required for their 
proper handling and entertainment. The Commissioners visited twenty- 
six American cities, traversed a distance of 10,392 miles, were enter- 
tained at 42 banquets aud luncheons, and made 243 factory and other 
inspections. The members of the party, with a few exceptions, were 
composed of representative bankers, merchants and manufacturers. 
They were a serious-minded body, bent upon acquainting themselves 
with opportunities for trade extension, and openly avowed their prefer- 
ence for American goods aud American business methods. The notable 
characteristic of the Chinese nation — commercial integrity — is now 
more fully impressed upon the business men of America than ever as 
a result of the visit, and it is to be hoped that our own Government 
will shortly so amend its shipping laws as to make possible the avail- 
ability of vessels with which to enter actively and aggressively into 
the Chinese trade. 

In this connection it is a matter of common knowledge to the 
executive officers of all the Chambers affiliated with this body that 
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce hove the brunt of this movement, 
ooth in the matter of expense and time, and its officers assumed the 
responsibility for the constituent bodies of conducting the party 
throughout its extensive itinerary. Had the associated body done 
nothing during its existence other than arrange for the exchange of 
visits between Pacific Coast merchants and those of China and Japan, 
these efforts alone would have fully justified its organization. 
Respectfully submitted, 

C. B. YANDELL, 
Chairman Special Committee on Arrangements. 

San Francisco, January 29, 1916. 



aio tilt ^00ocint<b Ctiamlicra of Comnurce oi i^t J^naiic Coast. 

Gentlemen : 

That the visit of the Chinese Commission to America was a great 
success is admitted by all. The large cities vied with each other in 
entertaining them until they reached New York, when the climax was 
reached. The arrangements and the order in which they were carried 
out was perfection itself. One of the big merchants told me no foreign 
party of merchants had ever received so hearty a reception as this 
party. As to the results commercially, I know of several large transac- 
tions that have been consummated, both in selling and especially in 
buying. A steamship line and a large banking enterprise are about 
to be established. Such visits produce a much greater friendship be- 
tween the two nations, and in this particular visit this very desirable 
condition has been fostered and much increased, and, as to the future, 

I we can confidently look forward to an increased friendship, which 
naturally enables us to increase our commerce to this country that is 

J;' destined to show by far the greatest development of any part of the 

^•j world, and if Congress would only permit our citizens to operate 

; American ships between China and America we certainly would get 

our fair share of this tremendous increase. But, seeing that by an Act 

of Congress the entire control of the Pacific has been completely turned 

over to the Japanese, who are to be our most active competitors, the 

'4 situation as far as Americans are concerned is discouraging in the 

'}i extreme. This is especially to be regretted as the Chinese are most 

4 friendly to us and certainly treat us as the most favored nation, so if 

A we don't get a big share of their business it will be on account of our 

II own restrictive legislation, and not on account of the Chinese. 

i ROBERT DOLLAR. 



San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 29th, 1916. 



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Lv 


Springfield 




11:59 P. M. 


" 14 


B. & A. 


m 


Ar. 


Schenectady 




4:00 A. M. 


" 15 


N. Y. C. 


1 


Lv. 


Schenectady 




11:59 P.M. 


" 15 


N. Y. C. 


i 


Ar. 


Buffalo 




7:00 A.M. 


" 16 


N. Y. C. 


1 


Lv. 


Buffalo 




11:59 P.M. 


" 17 


Via Steamer 


1 


Ar. 


Detroit (via wate 


r) ''^ 


8:00 A. M. 


" 18 


Via Steamer 


1 


Lv. 


Detroit 




6:00 P. M. 


" 18 


L. S. & M. S. 


i 


Ar. 


Cleveland 




4:00 A.M. 


" 19 


L. S. & M. S. 


a 


Lv. 


Cleveland 




11:59 P.M. 


" 19 


L. S. & M. S. 


1 


Ar. 


Chicago 




8:00 A.M. 


" 20 


L. S. & M. S. 


■ 


Lv. 


Chicago 




8:30 A. M. 


" 20 


C. M.&St. P. 


i| 


Ar. 


St. Paul 




10:00 P. M. 


" 20 


C. M.&St. P. 




Lv. 


St. Paul 




11:59 P. M. 


" 21 


Gr. Nor. 




Ar. 


Duluth 




5:00 A. M. 


" 22 


Gr. Nor. 




Lv. 


Duluth 




7:00 P. M. 


" 22 


Nor. Pac. 




Ar. 


Spokane 




6:00 A.M. 


" 25 


Nor. Pac. 




Lv. 


Spokane 




10:00 P. M. 


" 25 


Nor. Pac. 




Ar. 


Seattle 




10:00 A.M. 


" 26 


Nor. Pac. 




Lv. 


Seattle 




11:59 P.M. 


" 27 


O.W.R. & N. 




Ar. 


Portland 




6:00 A. M. 


" 28 


O.W.R. & N. 




Lv. 


Portland 




11:59 P.M. 


" 28 


So. Pac. Co. 




Ar. 


San Francisco 




8:30 A. M. 


" 30 


So. Pac. Co. 


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